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Radical Group Pulls In Sunnis As Lebanon's Muslims Polarize (Washington Post)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:51:16 GMT

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Surrounded in the first hours of their battle with Lebanese forces in this northern Lebanese city, fighters of the Fatah al-Islam group shouted desperately from the windows of their hideouts. "God is great!" one resident, housewife Aziza Ahmed, recalled the fighters yelling....


Political battle looms in Lebanon (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:51:59 GMT

After yet another assassination, Lebanon's anti-Syrian politicians accuse the government in Damascus of trying to end their rule by killing members of the parliamentary majority one by one.


Suddenly, Washington sees that Iraq, Lebanon issues are linked (JTA)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:31:22 GMT

Soldiers from the U.S. Army patrol the streets of Tall Kayf, Iraq in March, 2006. A funny thing is happening on Israel’s way into Lebanon: Its war with Hezbollah is converging politically with the civil war now convulsing Iraq.


Political Battle Looms In Lebanon (CBS News)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:18:23 GMT

After yet another assassination, Lebanon's anti-Syrian politicians accuse Damascus of trying to end their rule by killing members of the parliamentary majority one by one.


Booby trap kills 6 soldiers at Lebanon camp (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:31:39 GMT

Six Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday by an explosion in a building booby trapped by Islamist militants at a Palestinian camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.


VP de Castro calls for total deployment ban in Lebanon (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:14:33 GMT

Vice-President Noli de Castro is recommending a total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), ABS-CBN News reported Saturday. In a statement, de Castro said this was the consensus of Task Force Lebanon following the political unrest the Middle Eastern country is experiencing.


Lebanon's Troublesome Camps (Time Magazine)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:21:25 GMT

An assassination and continued unrest focus scrutiny on the country's Palestinian refugees


Hamas official escapes grenade attack in Lebanon (Antara News)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:28:33 GMT

Hilweh, Lebanon (ANTARA News) - A local Hamas official escaped a grenade attack at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon on Friday night, security sources said.


Booby trap kills 4 soldiers at Lebanon camp (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:36:36 GMT

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday by an explosion in a building booby trapped by Islamist militants at a Palestinian camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.


Four soldiers killed in north Lebanon camp battle (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:05:55 GMT

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday in fighting with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.